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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,009 posts)
Thu Sep 27, 2018, 07:53 PM Sep 2018

Woman who identifies herself as a rape survivor confronts Lindsey Graham

A woman who identified herself as a survivor of rape confronted Sen. Lindsey Graham on Thursday, while the South Carolina Republican was speaking to reporters outside a Senate hearing where Christine Blasey Ford was testifying over sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavanaugh.

Graham, who is a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, was discussing Ford's testimony, when a woman who later identified herself on Twitter as Robyn Swirling spoke to Graham.

"Sen. Graham, I was raped 13 years ago," Swirling told Graham, adding later, "I don't remember the exact date, but do you believe me?"

Graham said he was sorry for what happened to Swirling and that she needed to go to the authorities.

"You needed to go to the cops," Graham said. "Go to the cops."

Graham then left the conversation in a elevator.

In her tweet, Swirling wrote that if Graham "had paused to talk with me, instead of rushing into the elevator, I'd have told him the cops can't do anything about it now, but that doesn't make it any less true and doesn't make me any less credible."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/woman-who-identifies-herself-as-a-rape-survivor-confronts-lindsey-graham/ar-BBNDAjr?li=BBnbcA1

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Woman who identifies herself as a rape survivor confronts Lindsey Graham (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 2018 OP
Graham is disgusting. A perfect Republican. dem4decades Sep 2018 #1
Ya know, I've quite a few times respected Lindsey for being one of a very few Pubs napi21 Sep 2018 #2
What republican mothers teach their sons and daughters:::: keithbvadu2 Sep 2018 #3

napi21

(45,806 posts)
2. Ya know, I've quite a few times respected Lindsey for being one of a very few Pubs
Thu Sep 27, 2018, 08:13 PM
Sep 2018

to speak truth to power. Then he joins a radical group of Pubs and spouts out a stream of insane sh*t, and I detest him more than those who are jack as**s ALL THE TIME!

keithbvadu2

(36,816 posts)
3. What republican mothers teach their sons and daughters::::
Thu Sep 27, 2018, 09:42 PM
Sep 2018

What republican mothers teach their sons and daughters::::

Defending Kav....
"Tell me, what boy hasn’t done this in high school?”

Would the daughter feel that she might be supported if she told mommy?

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/407927-gop-women-issue-strong-defense-of-kavanaugh

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